Welcome to LVCS Kindergarten

Overview

Our half day kindergarten classes are limited to 20 students per teacher. Students partake in our integrated arts program including physical education and music. For students needing more individualized instruction on skills and concepts, we conduct a daily after-kinder-day instructional program.

Schedule 8:10 - 12:10

8:00 a.m. to 8:10 a.m. - Welcome

Kindergarteners will be met by teachers in the kindergarten play area at the front of the school.

8:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. - Instructional day

12:10 p.m. to 12:20 p.m. - Pickup

Kindergarten pick-up will take place in the staff parking lot for rooms 3, 4 and 10. For rooms 1 and 2 pick-up will be at the Kindergarten playground in front of school.

12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. - After Kinder-day

After kinder-day students are identified by the kindergarten teachers for enrollment in this program and class size is limited to 5 students per teacher. The program takes place in kindergarten classrooms.

Minimum day schedule is 8:10a.m. to 11:30a.m. This allows Kindergarten parents to move through the pick-up areas before the rest of the school is released.

Class Links

Please see your child's classroom link for a complete outline of their day.Class links are available through the Kindergarten website. Our website includes information about each teacher's classroom,tada lists we use when planning activities with volunteer help, and more!

Assemblies Events

Dragon Assemblies are approximately one hour in length and are held once a month. Students from various grade levels recite poetry, play instruments, sing and perform short plays. These assemblies give our students an opportunity to showcase their learning in a fun and entertaining way.

Kindergarteners at LVCS do not go on field trips, but do participate in many fun activities throughout the year including Dragon Assemblies where they normally steal the show! Some highlights of special kindergarten events at LVCS include:

• Kindergarten Welcome (Boo Hoo Breakfast)
• Pumpkin Patch here at LVCS
• 100th Day of School activities
• Traditional Holidays celebrated with activity stations
• End of Year Kindergarten Celebration - last day of school

Curriculum

Our kindergarten team plans collaboratively and addresses instruction in a center based environment. Our kindergarten program, like our elementary and middle school programs, is a standards based instructional program focusing on the California Department of Education (CDE) standards. The kindergarten teachers collaborate to develop a curriculum pacing plan beginning with the concepts and skills to be secured by children in kindergarten before moving on to first grade. Our program is very eclectic, drawing on many published and teacher created activities to meet the child where he/she is and proceed from there to where the child needs to go.

Regular trimester assessments are administered in a one to one assessment environment. This allows teachers to gauge how students are progressing and target individual needs. This information is shared with parents through our standards based report cards and the Personal Learning Plan (PLP).

The PLP lets parents know how their child is progressing based on CDE standards and provides information on how parents can partner with teachers for student success.

You can read more about our Kindergarten curriculum by visiting our Kindergarten website.